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Four Proposals Submitted to 2018 Westercon Business Meeting

After several years of little or no substantive business other than receiving site selection results, the Westercon Business Meeting for 2018 has a relatively crowded…

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2019 Westercon Announces Special Guest, Added Event

Westercon 72 in Layton, Utah has announced that Eric Flint will be a Special Guest of the 2019 Westercon, and that Westercon 72 will also…

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Seattle Bid Files for 2020 Westercon

The Seattle in 2020 Westercon bid sponsored by SWOC (a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization) has filed the required papers with Westercon 71 in Denver to appear…

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Seattle to Bid for 2020 Westercon

Sally Woehrle, President of SWOC, a Seattle-area 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has run several SF/F genre conventions in the Northwest, announced on January 22, 2018…

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First 2020 Westercon Bid Deadline is December 31, 2017

If you are with a group that wants to bid for the right to host the 2020 West Coast Science Fantasy Conference (Westercon 73), note…

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Westercon Business Updated With 2017 Documents

The Westercon Business Page has been updated with the minutes of the Westercon 70 Business Meeting in Tempe, the video of the meeting, and the…

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2017 Westercon Business Meeting Video

The 2017 Westercon Business Meeting had no substantive business to transact other than hearing the initial presentation from the newly-seated Westercon 72 (2019) committee. Here…

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Layton UT to Host 2019 Westercon

The bid for Utah in 2019 for Layton UT (Salt Lake City area) won the right to host Westercon 72 in voting held at Westercon…

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Westercon 70 in Tempe Announces Science Guest of Honor

Westercon 70 (“ConAlope,” including LepreCon 43), the 2017 West Coast Science Fantasy Conference, has announced that they have added Henry Vanderbilt, founder of the Space…

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2018 Westercon Announces Site, Organizational Changes

Westercon 71, the 2018 West Coast Science Fantasy Conference, will be held at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center, rather than the originally-announced venue, convention…

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